Press Releases

VANCOUVER, BC – Cummins Westport Inc. (“CWI”) announced today that it has received certifications from both the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Air Resources Board (“ARB”) in California for its 2018 L9N and B6.7N natural gas engines. Both engines meet California ARB optional Low NOx standards, as well as 2017 EPA greenhouse gas emission (“GHG”) requirements, making them some of the cleanest engines available today for truck and bus customers.
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VANCOUVER, BC July 10, 2017 - Cummins Westport Inc. (“CWI”) is featuring the new B6.7N natural gas engine at the School Transportation News (“STN”) Conference and Trade Show taking place this week in Reno, Nevada.
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VANCOUVER, BC May 1, 2017 - Cummins Westport Inc. (“CWI”) announced today at the Alternative Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo in Long Beach, California its model year 2018 dedicated natural gas engines for regional haul truck / tractor, vocational and transit, school bus, and refuse applications. The new lineup comes with a change in names, following Cummins tradition of using B, L, and X series letters, followed by engine displacement. The letter “N” denotes engines that are fueled by natural gas.
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VANCOUVER, BC Dec. 8, 2016 - Cummins Westport Inc. (CWI) today announced the ISB6.7 G, a 6.7 litre midrange, factory built natural gas engine is now fully available as a production engine for shuttle bus, medium duty truck, and vocational applications in North America. As previously announced, the engine has been availabile for school bus applications since May 2016 from Thomas Built Buses. The 6.7 litre engine platform has large OEM availability for midrange trucks, vocational trucks and mid size buses and the expansion of applications potentially available for the ISB6.7 G engine more than doubles its addressable market.
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VANCOUVER, BC October 5, 2015 - Cummins Westport Inc. (CWI) today announced the new ISL G Near Zero (NZ) NOx natural gas engine is the first MidRange engine in North America to receive emission certifications from both U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Air Resources Board (ARB) in California that meet the 0.02 g/bhp-hr optional Near Zero NOx Emissions standards for medium-duty truck, urban bus, school bus and refuse applications.
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RENO, NV July 28, 2015 – Cummins Westport Inc. is introducing the 2016 ISB6.7 G, a 6.7-liter MidRange, factory-built, dedicated natural gas engine, to the Type C School bus market at the North American School Bus Show – STN Expo Conference and Trade Show July 25-28 in Reno.
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VANCOUVER, BC May 6, 2015 - Cummins Westport (CWI) announced it will begin field tests this year in California in transit buses with a spark ignited natural gas engine capable of producing Near Zero NOx emissions well before the 2023 California Near Zero NOx schedule for Low NOx vehicles.
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VANCOUVER, BC May 5, 2015 – At the opening reception at ACT Expo in Dallas TX, Cummins Westport Inc. unveiled the ISB6.7 G, a 6.7 litre medium-duty, factory built dedicated natural gas engine for school bus, shuttle bus,medium duty truck and vocational applications. The new ISB6.7 G is currently in field trials with full production expected to commence in mid 2016.
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VANCOUVER, BC, December 12, 2014 – Cummins Westport Inc. (CWI) today announced changes to its Board of Directors and Management in accordance with the terms of the 50/50 Joint Venture Agreement between Cummins Inc. (NYSE:CMI) and Westport Innovations Inc. (TSX:WPT/NASDAQ:WPRT). The changes are effective immediately.
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VANCOUVER, BC Oct. 6, 2014 - Cummins Westport Inc. (CWI) today announced that Rob Neitzke, currently General Manager of the Construction Segment of Cummins off-highway engine business, has been appointed as President of CWI effective January 1, 2015.
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NASHVILLE, TN March 9, 2014 – Power management company Eaton and Cummins Westport, a joint-venture company of Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI) and Westport Innovations (NASDAQ: WPRT/TSX: WPT), today announced an integrated powertrain package for the Cummins Westport ISX12 G natural gas engine that will provide customers with the first automated transmission to be paired with a spark-ignited natural gas engine in the North American market. The powertrain will combine an Eaton UltraShift®PLUS automated transmission with the Cummins Westport ISX12 G engine.
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VANCOUVER, BC Dec. 18, 2013 - Cummins Westport Inc. (CWI) today announced that Gordon Exel, Westport Vice President, Sales and Marketing, has been appointed as President of CWI effective January 1, 2014 for the final year of Westport's three year term to nominate the President.
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VANCOUVER, BC, Oct. 16, 2013 - Cummins Westport Inc. today announced that it is receiving one of the inaugural "Energy Security Prize" Advanced Technology Awards from Securing America's Future Energy (SAFE). The award will be presented at the OPEC Oil Embargo +40: A National Summit on Energy Security conference this afternoon in Washington, D.C.
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VANCOUVER, BC, March 21, 2013 - Cummins Westport announced today that it has received certification for its Cummins Westport ISX12 G engine from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), meeting both the EPA 2013 regulations and the new greenhouse gas and fuel-efficiency rules that will take effect in 2014. Limited production of the ISX12 G begins in April, with full production scheduled to start in August.
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VANCOUVER, BC, Feb. 5, 2013 - Cummins Westport Inc. (CWI), a leading provider of high-performance, alternative fuel engines for the North American on-highway market, is supplying engines for two of the largest natural gas transit fleet orders in North America to date.
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VANCOUVER, BC, Feb 20, 2012 – Cummins Westport Inc., announced today the ISX12 G, a 12 litre heavy-duty, factory built dedicated natural gas engine for regional haul truck / tractor, vocational and refuse applications. The new ISX12 G is currently in field trials with full production expected to commence in early 2013.
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VANCOUVER, BC, July 6, 2011 – Cummins Westport Inc. (CWI), a leading provider of high-performance, alternative fuel engines for the global market, announced today the production and celebration of the 10,000th ISL G natural gas engine at the Cummins Engine Plant in Rocky Mount, N.C. (RMEP). Cummins Westport ISL G engines are sold globally in a variety of applications including shuttle and school buses, urban transit, vocational, and medium and heavy-duty truck and tractor applications.
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